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This sounds like pakistani troops were directly targeted - very different
from the strikes last week that shot up a bunch of militants. I can't
imagine how this gets explained away. The US better not be invading
Pakistan!

On 9/30/2010 1:13 AM, Nate Hughes wrote:

Just came through. No idea why phone didn't ring. Good on you calling
me, and if this escalates, ring me again. Phone set on loud.

You're right that the ISAF response will be key. Rep the response. Call
me if it is wierd/notably departing from anything other than the
standard response or denial.

Rep any significant tactical details, especially the story from more
authoritative sources.

Overall, key is anything that undermines or shifts the current
understandings btwn countires.

From: Chris Farnham <chris.farnham@stratfor.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:13:50 -0500 (CDT)
To: <analysts@stratfor.com>
ReplyTo: Analyst List <analysts@stratfor.com>
Subject: Re: G3 - PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN/NATO/MIL - Nato shelling kills 3,
hurts 3 FC men in Pakistan
Tried to call Nate on this to pass on a heads up but wasn't able to get
through. Don't want to call Kamran whilst he's got Dengue Fever or
whatever. Will wait for a response from Ibad and NATO to see where this
goes in the short term and if it looks like it will spiral up in to a
storm I'll make some other calls.

Looking forward to reading the NATO/ISAF statement on this.
It reminds me of a story that a US SF soldier told me of some time that
he spent on the border and watched a CIA controlled US assault on a Pak
border post as a show of force a few years ago. However that person was
a friend of another S4 employee and I'll leave it up to them to
elaborate further if they wish [chris]

Up now at the WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100930-700066.html

"It was an unprovoked attack that took place early Thursday morning.
NATO helicopters entered our airspace and targeted a paramilitary
checkpost, killing three soldiers and wounding three others," a senior
security official said.

AFP story not coming up on a google search yet.
Nato helicopters kill three Pakistani soldiers in Kurram
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-nato-helicopters-target-pakistani-check-post-zj-02
Thursday, 30 Sep, 2010

"It was an unprovoked attack that took place early Thursday morning.
Nato helicopters entered our airspace and targeted a paramilitary
checkpost killing three soldiers and wounding three others," a senior
security official told AFP.

According to sources, this has been Nato's third attack in Pakistani
territory within a week.

The Nato Spokesman in Afghanistan has not confirmed the attack, DawnNews
reported. -Agencies